Shoe-displaying device.



No.6343387. Patmed Oct 3,|89&

D. S. BETCNE.

SHOE DISPLAYING DEVICE.

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DONALD STUART BETOONE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

S'HOE-DISPLAYING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,387, dated October3, 1899. Application filed November 28, 1898. Serial No, 697,630. (Nomodel.)

To all who/11, it rudy/colmena- Be it known that I, DONALD STUART BET-CONE, of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented a new and Improved Shoe-Displaying Device, of whichl thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a device designed for displaying slices, and isparticularly adapted for use by traveling salesmen, the device in suchcase being inclosed within a casing or trunk-body, so that it may besafely shipped.

My invention consists of awheel having shelves to which shoes may besecured and which may be secured to the wheel either in tangential orradial positions, as it is desired to display the shoes or prepare thedevice for shipment.

My invention further comprises the novel features hereinafter shown anddescribed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding .parts in all the figures. l

Figure l is a cross-sectional elevation through a trunk, showing mydevice therein. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same on theline 2 2 in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of one of theshelves upon which the shoes are secured; and Fig.

4 is a plan view of the other part lof the shelf, 7

showing the means for securing it to the frame of the displaying device.

Among traveling shoe-salesmen a great deal of trouble and loss oftime-are caused by having to unpack shoes and display them before takingorders and also'by having to repack the shoes before leaving a town.This, besides the loss of time and labor caused, is'a serious matter, asmany times it is Vimpossible to properly show the stock to a prospectivecustomer because of the inability to nd a place where the shoes maybeproperly displayed. By using my improved device the shoes are at alltimes in condition for immediate inspection, and the space necessary forproperly displaying. the shoes is only that needed for the trunks whichcontain them, and it is therefore possible to more quickly display theshoes and also to display them in many places and under circumstanceswhere it would otherwise beimpos'sible, thus saving the time andexpenses of the salesmen and making it possible to take manyorders whichwould not otherwise be secured.

I have herein shown my device as mounted within a trunk-body or casing,although it is evident that the same may be used to advantage in manyinstances when not thus inclosed. The trunk-body or casing consists ofthe two parts A and A, which are hinged to each other at a. Theparticular construction of this casing is not an essential part of myinvention, and it may be Vconstructed in any suitable or desired manner.

The frame upon which the shoes are mounted consists of a central axle orpivot B and skeleton wheels mounted at each end of the axle andconsisting of a central hubcarrying the spokes C. These spokes at theirouter ends are each provided with a guide D and a clamping-bolt orset-screw d, adapted to receive and hold bars mounted upon shelves E,which are made of such width as to conveniently receive a shoe thereon,the shoe extending transi-fersely of the shelf. Each shelf is made ofsuch a length as to extend from one of the wheels to the other and ispreferably provided with a projecting strip E at its back edge and isalso provided with bars F, located one at each end and having one' endbent at a right angle, forming a short section f. These bars F fit inthe guides D, so that they may be pulled upward and held with the shortbent section f in engagement with the guides and the clamping or lockingbolt d or may be pushed inward, sot-hat the shoes and the shelf liebetween the adjacent spokes C. This latter position is the one whichwould be 0ccupied by the shoes while the trunk is in condition forshipping. When the shoes upon any particular shelf are to be displayed,that shelf is pulled outward and into the position shown by the upperone in Fig. l. This may be verypquickly done, as it only requires theloosening of the set-screw d. The shoes are securely held upon theshelves by means of spring-clamps G orany other suitable device. Thespring-clamps engage the heels of the shoes and securely hold them inplace, at the same time permitting them to be removed for examination,if desi-red.

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The frame which carries the shoes is pivotally mounted within theeasingr either' by bearings ZJ, which are secured to the sides of thecasing, or by an independent frame, as may be desired.

By using this device the shoes are readily kept in their proper placeand are at all times in condition for display. It is not thereforenecessary to consume any time in getting the shoes ready, and it is alsopossible to take the trunks to a store where a salesman desires to takean order. As the trunks occupy but little space it would be possible tolind sufficient space for this purpose in any store. Besides saving,rtime the use of this device preserves the shoes in better condition thanwhere they are loosely packed in a trunk or in trays.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. In adevice for displaying shoes, thecombination of a frame consisting of an axle, hubs and spokes, withshelves having means for securing shoes thereto, aud means forsecuringthe shelves to the spokes in both tangential and radialpositions, substantially as described.

i'. In a device vfor shipping and displaying shoes, the combination of acasing or trunkbody, with a revoluble frame mounted within saidtrunk-bod y, shelves to which the shoes may be secured, and means forsecuring.,y said shelves tangcntially to the revoluble frame and alsoradially thereto and within its outer periphery, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a device for displaying shoes, the coinbination of a revolubleframe consisting of an ,axle and wheels, said wheels having guides

